Abby Jarvis of Qgiv (and my fellow sci-fi television show enthusiast) wrote a guest post for Guidestar sharing Five Marketing Strategies to Bring Supporters to Your Donation Page. Drinks in DC for #17NTC with Amy Albrecht, Angela Crist, and Maggie Siemer. MORE

National Community Engagement Manager , Independent Television Service, Inc. Please post your nonprofit marketing position here for full-time or part-time staff, consulting or internship opportunities. New Opportunities. MORE

Overall, it is impressive that PBS’s website does more than regurgitate television programs and news articles. Earlier this summer, I mentioned that we’ve been tracking the communications of pairs of national nonprofits working in the same space. Where are the strategies in sync? MORE

Entropy is the rule in television. There are so many forces tearing at commercial television shows, for instance, that rare is the program that lasts even one full season. Television in the United States isn’t a public service, it’s a business and a ruthless one at that. What Lewis did was create something compelling enough that hundreds of local television stations were willing to part with their precious airtime and even spend their own money airing it. MORE

Netflix is reinventing television shows and movie rentals. Something is happening all over the world. Entire systems are being reinvented. Uber is reinventing passenger transportation. Dare I get into politics… But Ben Carson, Carly Fiorina and Donald Trump are reinventing politics. MORE

Watch it on Dish 1000 or on VDC.comThe Starfish Television Network profiled several times in this blog space, began broadcasting on Dish 1000 on Wednesday, April 18. Tags: VDC.com Starfish Television Network PBS Not long thereafter it began streaming live on Virtual Digital Cable, vdc.com. Starfish [itself a 501(c)(3) public charity] airs 24-7, so it still very much needs your nonprofit programming. Almost all types are welcome, including. MORE

As an award-winning television and multimedia producer, Mark’s original expertise was in response television. Guest blogger Mark Horvath founded and leads Invisible People who shares how to boost your YouTube views from meh to magnificent. MORE

Komen for the Cure Kanye West OK-GO Sponsorship and Television NASCARThe youngest person ever to attempt a solo crossing trip to the South Pole on snowshoes, the bass player for Kanye West’s touring band, Tony Stewart’s left side tire changer, a participant at a Susan G. MORE

Liesl grew up in Crowley, Texas and holds a Bachelor of Science in Radio/Television/Film from the University of Texas at Austin. Liesl Manone. We love showcasing what I like to call “New and Improved” annual reports from our readers. MORE

It focus on embedding cause-related messaging and marketing into movies, television, celebrity activation, publishing, music and gaming. Today, I want to pass on two really fun resources for your mission. MORE

It's rare to see national television ads for cause marketing.But since January I count three:Disney Parks' efforts to encourage volunteerism, utilizing the Muppets.Outback Steakhouse's campaign for Operation Homefront.American Express's ad with Yvon Chouinard on behalf of their Member's Project campaign.Of MORE

Mark talked about floundering with a television show that fell flat in ratings. Earlier this summer, I mentioned that we’ve been tracking the communications of pairs of national nonprofits working in the same space. Where are the organizations’ strategies in sync? Where do they diverge? MORE

Communications teams are still busy cranking out old-style press releases and sending them to editors at their local newspapers and television stations hoping that they will pick up their announcements about their fundraising galas, grant awards, and capital campaigns. Peter Panepento. MORE

Starfish Television Network Offers Free Airing of Your Nonproft ProgrammingHits used to rule.In Tags: Wired Starfish Television Network Rhapsody Chris Anderson The Long Tail Wal-Mart Dish 1000 Hollywood the blockbuster has been the dominant business model since the first Star Wars movie was released.In 2004, only 1,187 books sold 50,000 or more copies and only 10 titles sold more than a million copies in the States. MORE

Not only did Jerry Lewis and the Muscular Dystrophy Association harness the power of television for good, but they were quick to involve companies in the show. I've had a ton of new signups for my newsletter and I'm getting more questions about what exactly is cause marketing? Great question! MORE

Last week I saw a reference to a television (HBO) documentary — Haitian Money Pit — that, among other aspects of political corruption and paralysis, sheds light on the fate of charitable funds raised for Haiti in the aftermath of its 2010 earthquake. MORE

Every couple of months it seems I hear of another television ‘network’ that is devoted to airing programming from and on behalf of nonprofits.Inevitably the network delivers its signal entirely online. Tags: Marshall McLuhan Starfish Television Network HDTV Dish 1000 MORE

Last Wednesday I posted on the Starfish Television Network, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit public charity and a television network devoted to airing TV programming that supports the missions of other nonprofits.I As in, “Starfish will air your broadcast-quality nonprofit television programming for free.”Nothing Tags: Starfish Television Network So What’s the Catch?Last MORE

Television, radio and digital media. When preparing a member of your nonprofit’s team for an interview, you invariably spend time coaching them on what to say and how to act when the camera is rolling or when the reporter is scribbling notes. MORE

Fair enough,” you say, “but I don’t exactly have a network clamoring to put my nonprofit's content on television.”Well The Starfish Television Network, which launches in. Tags: Starfish Television Network cause-related marketing Alden Keene and Associates social marketing If you really want your cause-related marketing to break from the pack, you better have a strong media component. The big boys of sponsorship in the U.S. like the NFL and NASCAR know that. MORE

show pitch Nonprofit reality television consultingWe all have dreams for the nonprofit sector: increased individual giving, more effective boards, simplified government grant applications, better trained staff. Well, one of my dreams for the sector is greater public understanding of the nuts and bolts of how nonprofits operate, and I've got an idea for implementing it: a reality TV show. MORE

That repurposed content, or rerun because it was a television show, actually had a great response when it aired the second time. As an award-winning television and multimedia producer, Mark’s original expertise was in response television. MORE

If you’re like us, you’re watching more and more television programming on the Internet via sites like Hulu, rather than traditional networks. Nonprofit Fundraising Nonprofit Web Nonprofit communications Social Media Storytelling Video ad placement appeal campaign development fundraising Hulu nonprofit PSA PSA on Hulu public service advertising television tv YouTube MORE

A former broadcast journalist and public relations gal, Claire is Editorial Director at Planned Giving Marketing and in her spare time does on-air fundraising for public television’s UNC-TV and helps raise funds for the Keith C. Claire Meyerhoff. MORE

million television viewers. Both in the stadium, and on television. The winner of the 2011 World Series will be determined tonight in St. Louis. But four causes, recognized during the first four games of the Series, have already won the big spotlight that the Fall Classic can bring. Those causes are: Welcome Back Veterans; the Roberto Clemente Award; Boys and Girls Clubs of America; and Stand Up to Cancer. Each was separately highlighted during the 2011 Series. MORE

The convergence of internet and television may have just happened. At the Consumer Electronics Show one of the BIG news items today are the demonstrations by several television manufacturers of their internet-enabled sets.in MORE

Turn on the television and you will see for-profit companies using heritage marketing —another version of the founding story—to build trust. Guest blogger, Julie Brown, Program Director at the Findlay-Hancock County Community Foundation. MORE

You can also try Television. There’s bigger organizations that are using television. Now, television might sound like it’s out of the mix for most small to mid-sized organizations, but guess what? So you can say, hey, I’m doing direct response television. MORE

True] … “Don’t sit too close to the television you’ll hurt your eyes.” [Not I thought a holiday motif would be appropriate to remind us of the many myths we take for gospel. Some are true, some are not. As in: “Feed a cold, starve a fever.” MORE

Deadline: August 1, 2013 "Public Broadcasting System Seeks Applications for Program Challenge Fund "The Public Broadcasting System , in partnership with the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), is accepting applications for the production of high-profile, prime time, limited series for its national television schedule. RFP grants television program the foundation center From The Foundation Center. MORE

Editors and reporters at newspapers and local television stations are faced with a daily deluge of releases and announcements — and they have smaller staffs and smaller news holes than ever before. It’s more difficult than ever for nonprofits to get media coverage. MORE

Uncategorized Harvard Kennedy School technology televisionI’ll admit it, I’m not always the first one on the technology bandwagon. I know that may surprise some folks, I do write books and blogs about technology. MORE

Last Wednesday I posted on the Starfish Television Network, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit public charity and a television network devoted to airing TV programming that supports the missions of other nonprofits.I As in, “Starfish will air your broadcast-quality nonprofit television programming for free.”Nothing Tags: Starfish Television Network So What’s the Catch?Last

The convergence of internet and television may have just happened. At the Consumer Electronics Show one of the BIG news items today are the demonstrations by several television manufacturers of their internet-enabled sets.in

Deadline: August 1, 2013 "Public Broadcasting System Seeks Applications for Program Challenge Fund "The Public Broadcasting System , in partnership with the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), is accepting applications for the production of high-profile, prime time, limited series for its national television schedule. RFP grants television program the foundation center From The Foundation Center.

Fair enough,” you say, “but I don’t exactly have a network clamoring to put my nonprofit's content on television.”Well The Starfish Television Network, which launches in. Tags: Starfish Television Network cause-related marketing Alden Keene and Associates social marketing If you really want your cause-related marketing to break from the pack, you better have a strong media component. The big boys of sponsorship in the U.S. like the NFL and NASCAR know that.

It's rare to see national television ads for cause marketing.But since January I count three:Disney Parks' efforts to encourage volunteerism, utilizing the Muppets.Outback Steakhouse's campaign for Operation Homefront.American Express's ad with Yvon Chouinard on behalf of their Member's Project campaign.Of

If you’re like us, you’re watching more and more television programming on the Internet via sites like Hulu, rather than traditional networks. Nonprofit Fundraising Nonprofit Web Nonprofit communications Social Media Storytelling Video ad placement appeal campaign development fundraising Hulu nonprofit PSA PSA on Hulu public service advertising television tv YouTube

show pitch Nonprofit reality television consultingWe all have dreams for the nonprofit sector: increased individual giving, more effective boards, simplified government grant applications, better trained staff. Well, one of my dreams for the sector is greater public understanding of the nuts and bolts of how nonprofits operate, and I've got an idea for implementing it: a reality TV show.

Every couple of months it seems I hear of another television ‘network’ that is devoted to airing programming from and on behalf of nonprofits.Inevitably the network delivers its signal entirely online. Tags: Marshall McLuhan Starfish Television Network HDTV Dish 1000

That repurposed content, or rerun because it was a television show, actually had a great response when it aired the second time. As an award-winning television and multimedia producer, Mark’s original expertise was in response television.

Komen for the Cure Kanye West OK-GO Sponsorship and Television NASCARThe youngest person ever to attempt a solo crossing trip to the South Pole on snowshoes, the bass player for Kanye West’s touring band, Tony Stewart’s left side tire changer, a participant at a Susan G.

Uncategorized Harvard Kennedy School technology televisionI’ll admit it, I’m not always the first one on the technology bandwagon. I know that may surprise some folks, I do write books and blogs about technology.

Deadline: August 1, 2013 "Public Broadcasting System Seeks Applications for Program Challenge Fund "The Public Broadcasting System , in partnership with the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), is accepting applications for the production of high-profile, prime time, limited series for its national television schedule. RFP grants television program the foundation center From The Foundation Center.

Fair enough,” you say, “but I don’t exactly have a network clamoring to put my nonprofit's content on television.”Well The Starfish Television Network, which launches in. Tags: Starfish Television Network cause-related marketing Alden Keene and Associates social marketing If you really want your cause-related marketing to break from the pack, you better have a strong media component. The big boys of sponsorship in the U.S. like the NFL and NASCAR know that.

It's rare to see national television ads for cause marketing.But since January I count three:Disney Parks' efforts to encourage volunteerism, utilizing the Muppets.Outback Steakhouse's campaign for Operation Homefront.American Express's ad with Yvon Chouinard on behalf of their Member's Project campaign.Of

As an award-winning television and multimedia producer, Mark’s original expertise was in response television. Guest blogger Mark Horvath founded and leads Invisible People who shares how to boost your YouTube views from meh to magnificent.

You can also try Television. There’s bigger organizations that are using television. Now, television might sound like it’s out of the mix for most small to mid-sized organizations, but guess what? So you can say, hey, I’m doing direct response television.

Turn on the television and you will see for-profit companies using heritage marketing —another version of the founding story—to build trust. Guest blogger, Julie Brown, Program Director at the Findlay-Hancock County Community Foundation.

Television, radio and digital media. When preparing a member of your nonprofit’s team for an interview, you invariably spend time coaching them on what to say and how to act when the camera is rolling or when the reporter is scribbling notes.

True] … “Don’t sit too close to the television you’ll hurt your eyes.” [Not I thought a holiday motif would be appropriate to remind us of the many myths we take for gospel. Some are true, some are not. As in: “Feed a cold, starve a fever.”

Communications teams are still busy cranking out old-style press releases and sending them to editors at their local newspapers and television stations hoping that they will pick up their announcements about their fundraising galas, grant awards, and capital campaigns. Peter Panepento.

Editors and reporters at newspapers and local television stations are faced with a daily deluge of releases and announcements — and they have smaller staffs and smaller news holes than ever before. It’s more difficult than ever for nonprofits to get media coverage.

Last week I saw a reference to a television (HBO) documentary — Haitian Money Pit — that, among other aspects of political corruption and paralysis, sheds light on the fate of charitable funds raised for Haiti in the aftermath of its 2010 earthquake.

Not only did Jerry Lewis and the Muscular Dystrophy Association harness the power of television for good, but they were quick to involve companies in the show. I've had a ton of new signups for my newsletter and I'm getting more questions about what exactly is cause marketing? Great question!

Entropy is the rule in television. There are so many forces tearing at commercial television shows, for instance, that rare is the program that lasts even one full season. Television in the United States isn’t a public service, it’s a business and a ruthless one at that. What Lewis did was create something compelling enough that hundreds of local television stations were willing to part with their precious airtime and even spend their own money airing it.

Mark talked about floundering with a television show that fell flat in ratings. Earlier this summer, I mentioned that we’ve been tracking the communications of pairs of national nonprofits working in the same space. Where are the organizations’ strategies in sync? Where do they diverge?

Liesl grew up in Crowley, Texas and holds a Bachelor of Science in Radio/Television/Film from the University of Texas at Austin. Liesl Manone. We love showcasing what I like to call “New and Improved” annual reports from our readers.

Overall, it is impressive that PBS’s website does more than regurgitate television programs and news articles. Earlier this summer, I mentioned that we’ve been tracking the communications of pairs of national nonprofits working in the same space. Where are the strategies in sync?

million television viewers. Both in the stadium, and on television. The winner of the 2011 World Series will be determined tonight in St. Louis. But four causes, recognized during the first four games of the Series, have already won the big spotlight that the Fall Classic can bring. Those causes are: Welcome Back Veterans; the Roberto Clemente Award; Boys and Girls Clubs of America; and Stand Up to Cancer. Each was separately highlighted during the 2011 Series.

It focus on embedding cause-related messaging and marketing into movies, television, celebrity activation, publishing, music and gaming. Today, I want to pass on two really fun resources for your mission.

Netflix is reinventing television shows and movie rentals. Something is happening all over the world. Entire systems are being reinvented. Uber is reinventing passenger transportation. Dare I get into politics… But Ben Carson, Carly Fiorina and Donald Trump are reinventing politics.

A former broadcast journalist and public relations gal, Claire is Editorial Director at Planned Giving Marketing and in her spare time does on-air fundraising for public television’s UNC-TV and helps raise funds for the Keith C. Claire Meyerhoff.

Watch it on Dish 1000 or on VDC.comThe Starfish Television Network profiled several times in this blog space, began broadcasting on Dish 1000 on Wednesday, April 18. Tags: VDC.com Starfish Television Network PBS Not long thereafter it began streaming live on Virtual Digital Cable, vdc.com. Starfish [itself a 501(c)(3) public charity] airs 24-7, so it still very much needs your nonprofit programming. Almost all types are welcome, including.

Starfish Television Network Offers Free Airing of Your Nonproft ProgrammingHits used to rule.In Tags: Wired Starfish Television Network Rhapsody Chris Anderson The Long Tail Wal-Mart Dish 1000 Hollywood the blockbuster has been the dominant business model since the first Star Wars movie was released.In 2004, only 1,187 books sold 50,000 or more copies and only 10 titles sold more than a million copies in the States.